Bureaucracy bonfire lit
The clock has begun ticking for the General Social Care Council (GSCC) after it was told by the government last month that its role is no longer essential on a national basis.

A wide ranging review of arm’s length bodies (ALBs) published by the Department of Health (DH) at the end of July concluded that the council’s responsibility for regulating social workers should be transferred to the Health Professions Council as part of a major exercise designed to increase the accountability and reduce the costs of the country’s quangos. The shift is just one of a number put forward by the report which will also see the abolition or restructuring as independent organisations of the Appointments Commission, Health Protection Agency and the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse.
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